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Re:Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts dai... by scottLobster on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:40AM (#23524145)
Depends on the intensity. 7 minutes of push ups is a lot of push ups, for instance.

Plus the convenience probably helps to get people over the initial hump and used to a daily workout, and they can expand from there

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Re:Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts dai... by jenniferpattee on Monday June 15, 2020 @02:02AM (#23524247)
We have a workout called the "Roxanne" where we do a burpee every time Sting sings "Roxanne..." Turns out 4 minutes of burpees is a lot of burpees too!

And yes what we are hearing from folks is "I can't say I am too busy for a 7-min workout.." so that kinda gets them activated. From there we are hearing that people "tend" to make healthier decisions for the rest of their day. "After doing our workout my wife and I decided to go play tennis..." or, "since I already had my running shoes on, I decided to go for a jog." stuff like that. Users describe it as a "springboard" to healthier decisions.

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